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In the suffocating heat of a post-war summer, a local murder unearths an international conspiracy-and the truth could ignite a new world war.July 1946. As Winnipeg stews beneath a relentless prairie heatwave, the bloody aftermath of the Dominion Day celebrations takes a chilling turn. When a quiet, hard-working stable hand is executed in the dead of night at the Polo Park Race Track, Winnipeg Police Detective Gabriel O'Malley catches what looks like a senseless local homicide....

Winnipeg, 1940. The river is frozen solid. The truth is buried deeper.In the tradition of James Patterson, Robert Ludlum, and Greg Iles, Young delivers a relentless thriller where the only thing more lethal than the prairie winter is a secret hiding in plain sight.New Year's Eve, 1939. As a wind shrieks down Portage Avenue, the city's elite celebrate the end of a decade inside the warm, gilded mansions of Armstrong Point. But outside, on the frozen ice of t...

Hear the world's best loved classic tales of horror and suspense, complete with sound effects and music. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, and more.

Shadows In The Pool Of The Black Star: A Detective Gabriel O'Malley NovelWhere Sacred Geometry Meets Wartime Treason.January in Winnipeg is a sentence, not a season. At thirty-five below zero, a bitter, hunting wind strips the warmth from the limestone walls of the Manitoba Legislative Building. But inside the grand structure, the chill is trapped-along with a horrifying secret.When Detective Gabriel O'Malley is sum...

There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore them...

The three cycles of sermons included here provide a spiritual geography, an announcement of the gospel set in New York State. The sermons were given life in the vibrant life of Asbury First United Methodist Church, Rochester, New York, over several years beginning in 2000. The collection is meant to exemplify a thematic form of preaching that addresses and creates a collective consciousness in the life a community. One series is set on "A Village Green." Another invites those along the Fin...

Five guest rooms. Nine guests. A murder no one heard.At the Oasis Bed and Breakfast, the coffee was brewing, guests were gathering, and breakfast was almost ready. Upstairs, Gabriel was dying.No scream. No cry for help. Downstairs, the morning carried on.When longtime partners Frank Wright and Joe Morris buy the secluded lakeside property, they imagine a fresh start: a home of their own, a business together, and a peaceful escape from city life. The...

This collection features 10 timeless classic tales of horror and suspense by four of the best known writers in the English language: Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe and Washington Irving. Narrated by Jake Urry, these gripping stories are brought to life for modern audiences in this enthralling collection. The stories include:The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeThe Adventure of the Engineer's ThumbThe Adventure of the Copp...

Education is a challenging subject for anarchists. Many are critical about working within a state-run education system that is embedded in hierarchical, standardized, and authoritarian structures. Numerous individuals and collectives envision the creation of counterpublics or alternative educational sites as possible forms of resistance, while other anarchists see themselves as “saboteurs” within the public arena—believing that there is a need to contest dominant forms of power and educati...

Many of our current, lasting controversies in American Christianity are due, in part, to the willingness of liberals to champion reason and experience while leaving Scripture and tradition to conservatives, and vice versa. The liberal biblical theological voice, once quite strong, has fallen silent. Grounded in a solid knowledge of biblical study, Partnership in the Gospel presents a series of exercises, or angles of perspective, intended to support the rigorous consideration of biblical t...

Ever met someone who has actually been to Timbuktu and back... on a motor bike? Alan Roberts rode a motor bike through Timbuktu and all through Africa, Asia and the Middle East over the course of two years. Experience first-hand the incredible adventures Roberts experienced as he travelled through exotic locations, finding love, friendship and adventure. Riding "The Mothership" a Honda Africa Twin 750cc motorbike some 102,000 kilometres through 50 countries across four continents he finds ...

The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence offers an expansive survey of the profound literary and cultural contributions of Scotland's national bard. This anthology assembles an eclectic range of Burns's poetry, from his impassioned romantic lyrics to incisive social commentaries and richly emotive letters, providing readers with a comprehensive understanding of his literary breadth. Rooted in the themes of love, nature, and identity, the collectio...